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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 127. Chapters: RMS Queen Elizabeth, USS Enterprise, USS Iowa turret explosion, Port Chicago disaster, USS Maine, USS Forrestal, SS Normandie, Lucy Walker steamboat disaster, SS Morro Castle, TSMS Lakonia, RMS Empress of Britain, 1967 USS Forrestal fire, MV Dona Paz, Betelgeuse incident, West Loch Disaster, Carnival Splendor, SS Sultana, SS Bremen, MS Oranje, SS Yarmouth Castle, HMS Vanguard, USS Arizona, USS Bennington, MS Scandinavian Star, SS Esso Brussels, ARA Almirante Irizar, SS Lavia, USS Boxer, SS Bergensfjord, SS Noronic, MS Pearl of Scandinavia, USS Princeton, Fire ship, MV Levina 1, MS UND Adriyatik, Steamship Lexington, Qiandao Lake Incident, Star Princess, SS Quinault Victory, A. T. Gifford, SS Reina del Mar, SS Paris, USS Leyte, MT Independen a, MT Unirea, USS Chehalis, Eliza Battle, MS Georges Philippar, SS Volturno, USNS Geiger, MV Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, SS Mont-Blanc, Golden Fleece, Ocean Monarch, MV British Prudence, Cospatrick, SS L'Atlantique, RMS Amazon, SS Athinai, MT Vector, USS Belknap, German destroyer Z33, Ostedijk, SS Saale, Niagara, SS Canadian Constructor, MS Skaubryn, RFA Cherryleaf, USS Princeton Disaster of 1844, HMS Boyne, MS Moby Prince, SS Fort La Montee, MS Prinsendam, Sitakund, SS Austria, USS Glide, Maritime incidents in the Philippines, Luther Fuller, SS Balmes, Msy Wind Song, The Calypso, SS Antilles. Excerpt: The USS Iowa turret explosion occurred in the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) on April 19, 1989. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. The first investigation into the explosion, conducted by the US Navy, concluded that one of the gun turret crew members, Clayton Hartwig, who died in the explosion, had deliberately caused it. During the investigation, num...
